Dry Milk Of f ei | Begins for Feed Sale by Bidding GD 18 P . DRY MILK OFFER The U . S . Department of Agriculture has offered 1 , 875 ,- 195 lbs of nonfat dry milk solids , found to be unsuitable for human food use , for sale on a bid basis for feed use . Bids were first due Monday , February 6 , and on a daily basis thereafter . Sales schedule No 5 of Announcement DA-110 lists the location and quantity of the 37 lots _offered for sale The dry milk is stored in Minnesota , Iowa , Ohia , Wisconsin , and one lot in California . Bids should be submitted to the Livestock and Dairy Division , CSS , USDA , Washington 25 , D- CApproximately 2 . 4 million lbs of dry milk were sold recently in a similar operation .

Summer Drouth , October Rains Curtail Crops HARRISBURG — _Sulnmei drought and floods followed bj twice normal rains m October re duced production of some im portant Pennsylvania farm crops to less than last year and less than average , the State Departrhent of Agriculture announced today following Federal-State surveys . Corn and potatoes were hard est hit , jvith considerable acreage of each remaining to be harvested the first of November , the Department said Yield of corn per acre is estimated at 42 bushels , lowest m 11 years . Corn Loss Heavy Prospects for corn declined as harvesting progressed and it is now evident that drought damage was more severe than indicated earlier , the survey showed . Wet ground and tangled stalks lindered operation of mecham- : al corn pickers and considertble hand husking was neces- ; ary . The State &amp;lt;* rn crop is estinated at 57 , 120 , 000 bushels , 6 ,- 000 , 000 under last year and abou 2 , 400 , 000 under average Wet ground delayed ...

RE A Estimate _# s ; _€ Per Cent of Farms In U . S . Electrified WASHINGTON — ( USDA ) — About 93 4 . per cent of the Nation s 4 , 782 , 393 farm&amp;amp; had central station electric service as oi June 30 , 1955 , the U . S . Department of Agriculture has announced . This compares with 92 . 3 per cent having service on June 30 , 1954 and _* _77-2 per cent at the time of the 1950 Census The new estimate is based on the Rural Electrification Administration s latest unelectnfied farm survey and on 1954 farm census figures recently announced by the iBureau of the Census . The REA survey shows that there * were 314 , 350 unelectrified farms on June 3 Q , 1955 . On the balsis of the total number of ¦ farms shown in the 1954 census , this indicates that 4 , 468 , 043 farms were receiving central station service of that date . The census reported that there were 4 , 448 , 462 electrified farms as of Nov . 1954 However , census figures include farms with home plans , while RiEA is requi...

Farm Women Are Given Report Farm Women s Society No 17 met last Friday evening at the home of _Slaira Stauffer _, of Drumore Center . The regular meeting date had been changed for the convenience of the members . Roll call was answered by each member telling wfalat sine had brought for the Valentine auction Twenty-two members responded . Cakes , pies , cookies , doilies . handkerchiefs , aprons and candy were brought by the members . The . treasurers _report Showed a balance of $ 134 . 85 , witlbi $ 16 . 25 _•^ realized by a plastic sale . A donation of $ 35 was made to the Junior Band Unifonm Fund and a $ 5 donation made to the American Baibie Society . Sara- Stauffer reported on the Karrisburg _conventum . Plans were made to conduct a food stand at the John ODonnell farm sale . Catherine Kreider entertained with stlides of Germany and a auction was held with Anna , Mairj _Burkmnis in charge Refreshments followed m the Valentine theme . Mrs . ( _yDonmeH and Mrs . _Shaub were _co-ho...

Convenient A shocking coward my husband is I was telling em off proper outside th public library , when off e run inside an stood near one of them Silence notices The Reason First Boot—Why have you stopped singing m the choir ? Second Boot—I wasnt there one Sunday and somebody asked the chaplain if hed had the organ fixed .

Men At Work Everyday , for over a year now , throughout Pennsylvania I Communitys system , you ve come across these Workshops J On Wheels—they re the Workshops of men dedicated to j give you telephone _service second to none . I Amazingly expensive , these telephone trucks contain I just about every tool and piece of equipment needed by skilled specialists to rebuild Pennsylvania Community lines I for modern dial service . More and more each day youll I see these Workshops on Wheels as Pennsylvania Community s mechanization program , designed to give you j telephone service of the type and quality you desire , con- I ; inues unabated . - I Men At Work are bringing you telephone service that I yiiL remain one of today s high value bargains in your I _judget . I PENNSYLVANIA COMMUNITY TELEPHONE COMPANY _1 BANGOR—ELIZABETHVILLE—QUARRYVILLE . I

ireman Honored George K . Erisman , of West biange Street , Lancaster , was _honored at a birthday party , given by Zone 5- firemen on Wednesday , Feb . 1 . The event , held in the basement of the Quarryville Fire Hall , marked Mr Erisman s 93 rd birthday on Jan 23 . He was given a birthday cake and gifts . He was a member of the original Union Voluntary Fire Co . No . 1 of Lancaster , which went out of evistence when the city formed a paid fire department Rabbit Bank Antibodies to _— Battle Viruses Washington , ( USDA )—A supply of antibodies for use m reseaixth _agannlst major virus diseases df crop ( plaits is being built uip in the blood of -living i _ablbits Iby scientists of the U . &amp;amp; Department of Agriculture and Nebraska Agricultural Expeiralent Station at Lincoln , Neb ., the Department reports . This new _tyipe of blood bank provides a source of antisera ( rabbit blood serum _containing entubodies ) to enable researchers to determine the presence in _joung plan...

Ag Building Now Formally Armsby Hall Honoring the late Dr Henry Prentiss Armsby , director of the Ste _] te University of Pennsylvania agricultural experiment station fiom 1887 to 1907 , the agricultural Building on the University Pank campus has been renamed Armsby -Hall Dr Armsby was dean of the college of agriculture from 1900 to 1904 , and director of the mtitute of animal nutrition from 1907 to 1921 He died m 1921 , and was instrumental m help founding the American Society of Animal ProThose that make the best use of their time have none to spare . —Thomas Fuller . FIVE CRASHES IN ONE . Norton , Va . — A fire engine , on its way to a house blaze , roared down US . Highway 58 . Paul Carroll , in a pickup truck , swerved to get out of the way and his ( truck skidded and dropped 15 feet over a bank . An ambulance _, summoned to take Carroll to a hospital , was hit on the left side by a passenger car as it pulled off The passenger car blocked the flow , of _traffic Then another car...